Featured Partner: CrossFit Convergence
The week is almost halfway done and by this weekend you can cross off the 1st week of January! This month is packed and we’re excited for Tallahassee in 2024, as more organizations begin to announce their Bicentennial events for the city & county’s 200th anniversary.
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In this 61st edition, here’s the scoop:
Entrepreneur Spotlight: Cover Y'r Assets - A Skort for Women on the Go
Talent: FAMU Pharmacy Doctoral Graduate Steps into Bright Future
Women Making Impact: Valerie McDevitt - FSU’s Associate VP of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation
Featured Partner: CrossFit Convergence - Coach Anna Saunders
Events by and for Her
ENTREPRENEUR SPOTLIGHT
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Cover Y'r Assets: A skort for women on the go
The company is woman-owned and operated by Morgan Patterson. By introducing "elimination equality," her company ensured that responding to the ‘call of nature’ would be as easy and convenient for women as it is for men. This is ideal for long walks, hikes, golf athletes and outdoor activities.
All-in-one travel skort with a convenience flap that detaches to allow a bathroom break even where there is no bathroom.
More eco-friendly than pads or disposable underwear, their detachable panel is washable and reusable.
Committed to using fabric made of recycled materials and using home-based seamstresses rather than commercial manufacturing.
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TALENT
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Last December, Shade' A. Ahmed graduated with 600 other Florida A&M University students. Her doctorate in Pharmaceutical Sciences marks the culmination of an 8-year FAMU journey of academic success and learning which laid the groundwork for her career success.
In 2023, she interned at AbbVie Inc. in North Chicago, Illinois, and was one of 17 interns in the 2023 cohort of the Experiential Program: Portfolio Program Management EMBRACE. She was placed on the Oncology Solid Tumors Acceleration Team (START) to support a non-small cell lung cancer initiative project.
She successfully defended her doctoral dissertation titled, “Anticancer Effects of the Marine Carotenoid Fucoxanthin on Genetically Different Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.”
She accepted an offer to join Bristol Myers Squibb, for the Emerging Leaders Program: Manager, Global Product Development and Supply (GPS), where she will undergo Leadership Development and Supervisory Roles in Product Development, and Cell Therapy Development & Operations, among others.
Full Article on FAMU FORWARD
WOMEN MAKING IMPACT
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Valerie Landrio McDevitt has been named FSU’s Associate VP of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation
Florida State University has hired a new associate vice president of strategic partnerships and innovation to boost the commercial development of the university’s innovations, with focus on the technology transfer process and business engagement.
Valerie has 25 years of experience in the development and commercialization of technology. She is an established leader in the higher education research community.
She has been an investigator on several grants related to building economic development programs and serves on the BioFlorida Executive Committee and AUTM Public Policy Committee
As AVP of Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Valerie will oversee the FSU Office of Commercialization and the Office of Business and Industry Solutions as well as faculty recognition efforts. She will also serve as a member of the Office of Research’s senior leadership team
Full Article on FSU News
FEATURED PARTNER
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Meet Coach Anna Saunders. She is a CF-L1, who has over a decade of CrossFit experience and is behind the scenes of all CFC’s Marketing & Communications. She’s known around CFC to love a running and dub workout.
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Events by and for Her:
Feb. 13th, Tues. 11:30 AM to 1 PM at Dunlap Champions Club: Professional Women's Forum by Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce | Ticket Price Range: $45 to $450 Tickets
Feb. 24th, Sat. 8:45 AM EST at Tallahassee Community College: Living THE Balanced Life 2024 by Judith Hawkins | Ticket Price: $99 Tickets
Mar. 3rd, Sun. 4 PM EST at Donald Tucker Center: Florida State Seminoles Women's Basketball vs. Clemson Tigers Women’s Basketball | Ticket Price Range: $16 to $56 Tickets
Mar. 20th, Wed. 8:30 AM to 2 PM EST at Parkview at Cascades: 2024 Women Who Mean Business Awards & Business Expo | Ticket Price Range: $45 to $59 Tickets
Mar. 27th, Wed. 9 AM to 4 PM EST at Goodwood Carriage House, Tallahassee1600 Miccosukee Rd: 2024 Women’s Summit by FSAE | Ticket Price Range: $105 to $195 Register
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